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Etymology 2

Noun

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

Anagrams

Alb., BAL, BLA, abl., alb

Albanian

Etymology

From lëpe, lëbozë. Historically the inhabitants of the Labëria(“the land of lab”) region. Compare Illyrian*Labeati.

Alternatively a back-formation based on Labëri(“Laberia”), borrowed from an unattested South Slavic *labanьja < *olbanьja, rendering the native pre-Albanian name of the country; Albania, Ἀλβανία(Albanía).

Noun

labm (labe, f.)

southern Albanian (male)

(male person from Labëri(“land of lab”), Labëria(“the land of lab”))

Related terms

Labëri

Labëria

labërisht

Labërishtja

arbër

References

Danish

Noun

labc (singular definitelabben, plural indefinitelabber)

paw

Inflection

Verb

lab

imperative of labbe

Dutch

Alternative forms

labo

Etymology

Short for laboratorium

Pronunciation

Noun

labn (plurallabs, diminutivelabjen)

(Netherlands)lab

Spanish

Noun

labm (plurallabs)

lab (laboratory)

Zhuang

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /laːp˧/

Tone numbers: lab8

Hyphenation: lab

Etymology 1

From Chinese蠟 (MC lɑp̚, “wax; candle”).

Noun

lab (old orthographylab, Sawndip forms曪, 腊)

candle

Etymology 2

From Chinese臘 (MC lɑp̚, “cured meat”).

Verb

lab (old orthographylab, Sawndip forms曪, 腊)

to cure (meat) by drying or smoking

Adjective

lab (old orthographylab, Sawndip forms曪, 腊)

cured; dried; smoked

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